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If you know as little of your Catholic fellow citizens as you know of me, you have a good deal as yet to learn of the subject of which you are speaking.
Said by
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He challenges the understanding of those who speak about Catholic citizens, suggesting they have much to learn.

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